Chatons de Garde 2021 - Andrea Calek

Chatons de Garde - Andrea Calek

Chatons de Garde by Andrea Calek is a fresh, mineral and deep red wine based on 100% Syrah. Spontaneous fermentation with whole bunch carbonic maceration for approximately three weeks, and aging for 12 months in old wooden barrels. No added sulphites, unfiltered or clarified.

Service

We recommend tasting it at a temperature of 16/18° in tulip glasses. Wine that can be drunk immediately but will express its best in a few years. It is recommended to keep it in a horizontal position in a cool, damp and dark cellar.

Pairing

Wine that goes wonderfully with salumi appetizers and meat main courses.

Cellar: Andrea Calek

Andrea Calek is a winemaker of Czech origin who traveled the length and breadth of Europe in a caravan before settling in France in 2007, in Valvignières, in the heart of the Ardèche. Andrea cultivates about 5 hectares of vines located in a radius of just a few hundred meters around the cellar, where on soils of clayey-calcareous origin, there are plants of syrah, grenache, carignan, viognier and chardonnay. The vinification takes place without any use of chemicals, and the fermentation takes place using indigenous yeasts and without the addition of sulfur dioxide. Andrea's goal is to preserve the fruit in all its splendour. His wines are uncompromising bottles, with a splendid acidity that gives them freshness and a high degree of drinkability. Production is close to 15,000 bottles, exported to Europe, the United States and Japan.